The most picks were born in Canada: 36, or 40% of the class. In the first round, Canada led with 9 picks (35%).
| Country | Picks | Share of class | 1st round | Reached NHL | Top pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 36 |
|
9 | 34 | #5 Raffi Torres |
| United States | 21 |
|
5 | 20 | #1 Rick DiPietro |
| Sweden | 8 |
|
2 | 8 | #7 Lars Jonsson |
| Russia | 6 |
|
4 | 6 | #8 Nikita Alexeev |
| Slovakia | 5 |
|
2 | 5 | #3 Marian Gaborik |
| Finland | 4 |
|
— | 4 | #117 Olli Malmivaara |
| Czechia | 3 |
|
1 | 3 | #4 Rostislav Klesla |
| Austria | 1 |
|
— | 1 | #261 Reinhard Divis |
| Germany | 1 |
|
1 | 1 | #2 Dany Heatley |
| Kazakhstan | 1 |
|
1 | 1 | #11 Pavel Vorobiev |
| Latvia | 1 |
|
— | 1 | #234 Janis Sprukts |
| Poland | 1 |
|
— | — | #102 Stefan Liv |
| Ukraine | 1 |
|
1 | 1 | #17 Alexei Mikhnov |
| # | Rd | Player | Pos | Age | GP | PTS | Drafted By |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Rick DiPietro 🇺🇸 ↗ | G | 18 | 317 | — | 🏝️ NYI |
| 2 | 1 | Dany Heatley 🇩🇪 ↗ | LW | 19 | 869 | 791 | 🐦 ATL |
| 3 | 1 | Marian Gaborik 🇸🇰 ↗ | RW | 18 | 1035 | 815 | 🌲 MIN |
| 4 | 1 | Rostislav Klesla 🇨🇿 ↗ | D | 18 | 659 | 159 | 🧥 CBJ |
| 5 | 1 | Raffi Torres 🇨🇦 ↗ | LW | 18 | 635 | 260 | 🏝️ NYI |
| 6 | 1 | Scott Hartnell 🇨🇦 ↗ | LW | 18 | 1249 | 707 | 🐯 NSH |
| 7 | 1 | Lars Jonsson 🇸🇪 ↗ Bust | D | 18 | 8 | 2 | 🐻 BOS |
| 8 | 1 | Nikita Alexeev 🇷🇺 ↗ | RW | 18 | 159 | 37 | ⚡ TBL |
| 9 | 1 | Brent Krahn 🇨🇦 ↗ Bust | G | 18 | 1 | — | 🔥 CGY |
| 10 | 1 | Mikhail Yakubov 🇷🇺 ↗ | C | 18 | 53 | 12 | 🪶 CHI |
| 11 | 1 | Pavel Vorobiev 🇰🇿 ↗ | RW | 18 | 57 | 25 | 🪶 CHI |
| 13 | 1 | Ron Hainsey 🇺🇸 ↗ | D | 19 | 1132 | 311 | 🇨🇦 MTL |
| 16 | 1 | Marcel Hossa 🇸🇰 ↗ | LW | 18 | 237 | 61 | 🇨🇦 MTL |
| 17 | 1 | Alexei Mikhnov 🇺🇦 ↗ Bust | LW | 17 | 2 | 0 | 🛢️ EDM |
| 18 | 1 | Brooks Orpik 🇺🇸 ↗ | D | 19 | 1035 | 194 | 🐧 PIT |
| 19 | 1 | Krys Kolanos 🇨🇦 ↗ | C | 18 | 149 | 42 | 🌵 PHX |
| 20 | 1 | Alex Frolov 🇷🇺 ↗ | LW | 18 | 577 | 396 | 👑 LAK |
| 21 | 1 | Anton Volchenkov 🇷🇺 ↗ | D | 18 | 696 | 133 | 🏛️ OTT |
| 22 | 1 | David Hale 🇺🇸 ↗ | D | 19 | 327 | 29 | 😈 NJD |
| 23 | 1 | Nathan Smith 🇨🇦 ↗ Bust | C | 18 | 26 | 0 | 🐋 VAN |
| 24 | 1 | Brad Boyes 🇨🇦 ↗ | RW | 18 | 822 | 505 | 🍁 TOR |
| 25 | 1 | Steve Ott 🇨🇦 ↗ | C | 17 | 848 | 288 | ⭐ DAL |
| 26 | 1 | Brian Sutherby 🇨🇦 ↗ | C | 18 | 460 | 90 | 🦅 WSH |
| 28 | 1 | Justin Williams 🇨🇦 ↗ | RW | 18 | 1264 | 797 | 🔔 PHI |
| 29 | 1 | Niklas Kronwall 🇸🇪 ↗ | D | 19 | 953 | 432 | 🐙 DET |
| 30 | 1 | Jeff Taffe 🇺🇸 ↗ | LW | 19 | 180 | 46 | 🎵 STL |
| 33 | 2 | Nick Schultz 🇨🇦 ↗ | D | 17 | 1069 | 175 | 🌲 MIN |
| 35 | 2 | Brad Winchester 🇺🇸 ↗ | LW | 19 | 390 | 68 | 🛢️ EDM |
| 37 | 2 | Andy Hilbert 🇺🇸 ↗ | LW | 19 | 308 | 104 | 🐻 BOS |
| 38 | 2 | Tomas Kopecky 🇸🇰 ↗ | RW | 18 | 578 | 174 | 🐙 DET |
| 40 | 2 | Kurtis Foster 🇨🇦 ↗ | D | 18 | 405 | 160 | 🔥 CGY |
| 43 | 2 | Matt Pettinger 🇨🇦 ↗ | LW | 19 | 423 | 123 | 🦅 WSH |
| 44 | 2 | Ilya Bryzgalov 🇷🇺 ↗ | G | 20 | 464 | — | 🦆 ANA |
| 49 | 2 | Jonas Nordqvist 🇸🇪 ↗ Bust | C | 18 | 3 | 2 | 🪶 CHI |
| 52 | 2 | Shane Endicott 🇨🇦 ↗ | C | 18 | 45 | 3 | 🐧 PIT |
| 54 | 2 | Andreas Lilja 🇸🇪 ↗ | D | 24 | 580 | 87 | 👑 LAK |
| 55 | 2 | Antoine Vermette 🇨🇦 ↗ Steal | C | 17 | 1045 | 513 | 🏛️ OTT |
| 56 | 2 | Aleksander Suglobov 🇷🇺 ↗ Bust | RW | 18 | 18 | 1 | 😈 NJD |
| 60 | 2 | Dan Ellis 🇨🇦 ↗ | G | 20 | 212 | — | ⭐ DAL |
| 62 | 2 | Paul Martin 🇺🇸 ↗ Steal | D | 19 | 870 | 320 | 😈 NJD |
| 64 | 2 | Filip Novak 🇨🇿 ↗ Bust | D | 18 | 17 | 0 | 🗽 NYR |
| 68 | 3 | Joel Lundqvist 🇸🇪 ↗ | C | 18 | 134 | 26 | ⭐ DAL |
| 70 | 3 | Mikael Tellqvist 🇸🇪 ↗ | G | 20 | 113 | — | 🍁 TOR |
| 76 | 3 | Mike Rupp 🇺🇸 ↗ | LW | 20 | 610 | 99 | 😈 NJD |
| 78 | 3 | Jozef Balej 🇸🇰 ↗ | RW | 18 | 18 | 6 | 🇨🇦 MTL |
| 80 | 3 | Ryan Bayda 🇨🇦 ↗ | LW | 19 | 179 | 40 | 🌪️ CAR |
| 85 | 3 | Ramzi Abid 🇨🇦 ↗ | LW | 20 | 68 | 30 | 🌵 PHX |
| 86 | 3 | Yanick Lehoux 🇨🇦 ↗ | C | 18 | 10 | 4 | 👑 LAK |
| 88 | 3 | Kurt Sauer 🇺🇸 ↗ | D | 19 | 357 | 33 | 🏔️ COL |
| 95 | 3 | Dominic Moore 🇨🇦 ↗ Steal | C | 19 | 897 | 282 | 🗽 NYR |
| 97 | 4 | Niclas Wallin 🇸🇪 ↗ | D | 25 | 616 | 79 | 🌪️ CAR |
| 104 | 4 | Jon Disalvatore 🇺🇸 ↗ | RW | 19 | 6 | 0 | 🦈 SJS |
| 117 | 4 | Olli Malmivaara 🇫🇮 ↗ Bust | D | 18 | 2 | 0 | 🪶 CHI |
| 118 | 4 | Lubomir Visnovsky 🇸🇰 ↗ Steal | D | 23 | 881 | 494 | 👑 LAK |
| 119 | 4 | Brian Fahey 🇺🇸 ↗ | D | 19 | 7 | 1 | 🏔️ COL |
| 124 | 4 | Michel Ouellet 🇨🇦 ↗ | RW | 18 | 190 | 116 | 🐧 PIT |
| 131 | 5 | Matt Hendricks 🇺🇸 ↗ Steal | C | 19 | 607 | 116 | 🐯 NSH |
| 133 | 5 | Petteri Nummelin 🇫🇮 ↗ | D | 27 | 139 | 45 | 🧥 CBJ |
| 137 | 5 | Mike Stuart 🇺🇸 ↗ | D | 19 | 3 | 0 | 🐯 NSH |
| 146 | 5 | David Koci 🇨🇿 ↗ | LW | 19 | 142 | 4 | 🐧 PIT |
| 154 | 5 | Matt Koalska 🇺🇸 ↗ | C | 20 | 3 | 0 | 🐯 NSH |
| 155 | 5 | Travis Moen 🇨🇦 ↗ Steal | LW | 18 | 745 | 135 | 🔥 CGY |
| 156 | 5 | Greg Zanon 🇨🇦 ↗ | D | 20 | 493 | 62 | 🏛️ OTT |
| 159 | 5 | John-Michael Liles 🇺🇸 ↗ Steal | D | 19 | 836 | 370 | 🏔️ COL |
| 166 | 5 | Nolan Schaefer 🇨🇦 ↗ | G | 20 | 7 | — | 🦈 SJS |
| 167 | 5 | Craig Weller 🇨🇦 ↗ | RW | 19 | 95 | 14 | 🎵 STL |
| 170 | 6 | Erik Reitz 🇺🇸 ↗ | D | 17 | 48 | 2 | 🌲 MIN |
| 180 | 6 | Darcy Hordichuk 🇨🇦 ↗ | LW | 19 | 542 | 41 | 🐦 ATL |
| 194 | 6 | Deryk Engelland 🇨🇦 ↗ Steal | D | 18 | 671 | 127 | 😈 NJD |
| 202 | 7 | Ryan Caldwell 🇨🇦 ↗ | D | 19 | 4 | 0 | 🏝️ NYI |
| 205 | 7 | Henrik Lundqvist 🇸🇪 ↗ Steal | G | 18 | 887 | — | 🗽 NYR |
| 208 | 7 | Brandon Reid 🇨🇦 ↗ | C | 19 | 13 | 6 | 🐋 VAN |
| 220 | 7 | Paul Gaustad 🇺🇸 ↗ Steal | C | 18 | 727 | 231 | ⚔️ BUF |
| 224 | 7 | Antti Miettinen 🇫🇮 ↗ Steal | RW | 20 | 540 | 230 | ⭐ DAL |
| 226 | 7 | Brian Eklund 🇺🇸 ↗ | G | 20 | 1 | — | ⚡ TBL |
| 227 | 7 | Guillaume Lefebvre 🇨🇦 ↗ | LW | 19 | 39 | 6 | 🔔 PHI |
| 234 | 8 | Janis Sprukts 🇱🇻 ↗ | C | 18 | 14 | 3 | 🐆 FLA |
| 240 | 8 | Adam Berkhoel 🇺🇸 ↗ | G | 19 | 9 | — | 🪶 CHI |
| 246 | 8 | Chad Wiseman 🇨🇦 ↗ | LW | 19 | 9 | 2 | 🦈 SJS |
| 252 | 8 | Darryl Bootland 🇨🇦 ↗ | RW | 18 | 32 | 3 | 🏔️ COL |
| 261 | 8 | Reinhard Divis 🇦🇹 ↗ | G | 25 | 28 | — | 🎵 STL |
| 265 | 9 | Jean-Philippe Cote 🇨🇦 ↗ | D | 18 | 27 | 4 | 🍁 TOR |
| 267 | 9 | Tomi Pettinen 🇫🇮 ↗ | D | 23 | 24 | 0 | 🏝️ NYI |
| 270 | 9 | Micki Dupont 🇨🇦 ↗ | D | 20 | 23 | 4 | 🔥 CGY |
| 290 | 9 | Simon Gamache 🇨🇦 ↗ | LW | 19 | 48 | 13 | 🐦 ATL |
| 90 | 3 | Jean-Francois Racine 🇨🇦 ↗ | G | 18 | — | — | 🍁 TOR |
| 102 | 4 | Stefan Liv 🇵🇱 ↗ | G | 19 | — | — | 🐙 DET |
| 165 | 5 | Nathan Marsters 🇨🇦 ↗ | G | 20 | — | — | 👑 LAK |
| 235 | 8 | Craig Kowalski 🇺🇸 ↗ | G | 19 | — | — | 🌪️ CAR |